[arachne] Re: Alternative OSes - WindowsNT, Linux, BSD, etc.
- From: Jason Dodd <jasorn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:42:20 -0500
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Udo Kuhnt wrote:
And second, I find it rather hilarious that people who think that
WindowsNT is bloatware consider Linux as an alternative. The last time I
checked a typical Linux distribution comprised several CDs, or at least
one DVD, and would take up not mega- but gigabytes of harddisk space.
The thing that separates linux from windows here is that you have a
choice of having a full working system that's almost as small as you
like but has the ability to be as large as you like. You can be quite
happy in a fully working *unix cli only system.
Is it still bloatware? Considering what minuetos packs on a single
floppy, plain old dos is bloatware by comparison.
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And second, I find it rather hilarious that people who think that WindowsNT is bloatware consider Linux as an alternative. The last time I checked a typical Linux distribution comprised several CDs, or at least one DVD, and would take up not mega- but gigabytes of harddisk space.
- [arachne] Alternative OSes - WindowsNT, Linux, BSD, etc.
- From: Udo Kuhnt